Restoring specific protein levels may serve as heart failure treatment, study suggests

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Behind every heartbeat is the sarcomere, a microscopic structure inside each heart cell that ignites the contraction. Now, researchers have found a protein called BAG3 may be responsible for sarcomere renewal — an indication that restoring the protein levels could repair the heart and inform future heart failure treatments, according to research published May 19 in Nature Communications.  Continue reading the article here…

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